Bird feeding behavior as a measure of restoration success in a Caribbean forested wetland

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Acevedo, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Pterocarpus officinalis; Puerto Rico; Restoration success; Typha daminguensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250716487     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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